Friday, March 27, 2009

Satiating our bottomless need to quantify and rank anything and everything, SoSG's stat department has compiled the following ranking of the fastest commenters, based on average time-to-comment (remaining competitors in bold):

SpeedRanking

Competitor (seed)

Avg CommentSpeed1

1

cigarcow (19)

14 mins

2

Neeebs (8)

16 mins

3

Wicks (14)

18 mins

4

djansson (11)

30 mins

5

Steve (3)

39 mins

6

Dave (6)

43 mins

7

w.d.d.i.m. (4)

1 hr, 5 mins

8

Loney Fan (1)

1 hr, 6 mins

9

fanerman (17)

1 hr, 7 mins

10

Damon (16)

1 hr, 27 mins

11

M.S.T.I. (12)

1 hr, 28 mins

12

Brandon (15)

1 hr, 31 mins

13

QuadSevens (2)

1 hr, 56 mins

14

Dr. Geek (10)

1 hr, 59 mins

15

Dusto Magnifico (5)

4 hr, 11 mins

16

Felix Pardalis (18)

8 hr, 4 mins

17

DanGarion (7)

8 hr, 11 mins

18(T)

Alex (9)

N/A

18(T)

Bryan (13)

N/A

Here is what this data tells me:

The tournament's unquestioned Cinderella - #19 seed cigarcow - is no fluke. Not only has he won more matchups than anyone (three), he's also statistically the fastest commenter, averaging a mere 14 minutes to comment.

Seeds mean nothing. Not only is the lowest seed the fastest commenter, but the next three fastest commenters are all seeded 8th or lower: Neeebs (2nd fastest but the 8 seed), Wicks (3rd but the 14 seed), and djansson (4th but the 11 seed).

Dr. Geek has reached the Final Four thanks to a cream-puff schedule. He places only #14 in the speed rankings, and his path has traversed only DanGarion (#17 speed ranking) and Brandon (#12). Lucky bastard.

On the flipside, the 3rd-fastest commenter Wicks was the victim of a bad draw, having to go up against cigarcow in the Play-In Round.

Did it occur to any of you posters that this might just be "Sweeps Week" for SOSG, and that this "tournament" is simply a sneaky way to increase traffic to increase ad revenues?????????????????????????